Victor Marrero
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Victor Marrero is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1999
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- New York 1964 · Yale Law School 1968
- Succeeded
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Succeeded by
- Andrew Lamar Carter Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Southern District of New York succeeded Sonia Sotomayor | Clinton (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
| New York University | B.A. | 1964 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1968 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Marrero was assigned 4,172 district-court cases (1990–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 165 days across 4,004 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 213 of Marrero’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 156 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 22 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Marrero authored 1,022 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Emerson v. City of New York (446 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Emerson v. City of New York | 740 F. Supp. 2d 385 | 446 |
| 2002 | Fridman v. City of New York | 195 F. Supp. 2d 534 | 284 |
| 2009 | R.F.M.A.S., Inc. v. Mimi So | 640 F. Supp. 2d 506 | 234 |
| 2010 | Jackson v. NYS Department of Labor | 709 F. Supp. 2d 218 | 200 |
| 2001 | In Re Livent, Inc. Noteholders Securities Litig. | 151 F. Supp. 2d 371 | 173 |
| 2002 | Thomas v. Westchester County Health Care Corp. | 232 F. Supp. 2d 273 | 152 |
| 2009 | Ellington v. Astrue | 641 F. Supp. 2d 322 | 138 |
| 2008 | Jean-Laurent v. Wilkinson | 540 F. Supp. 2d 501 | 128 |
| 2008 | Varghese v. China Shenghuo Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc. | 589 F. Supp. 2d 388 | 102 |
| 2008 | Andino v. Fischer | 555 F. Supp. 2d 418 | 100 |
| 2005 | Fisk v. Letterman | 401 F. Supp. 2d 362 | 100 |
| 2002 | Darden v. Daimlerchrysler North America Holding Corp. | 191 F. Supp. 2d 382 | 97 |
| 2000 | Romer v. Morgenthau | 119 F. Supp. 2d 346 | 92 |
| 2004 | Herbert Ltd. Partnership v. Electronic Arts Inc. | 325 F. Supp. 2d 282 | 89 |
| 2003 | Tiffany (NJ) Inc. v. Luban | 282 F. Supp. 2d 123 | 88 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,022 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Victor Marrero?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Victor Marrero to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1999.
- Was Victor Marrero appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Victor Marrero was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Victor Marrero's confirmation vote?
- Victor Marrero was confirmed by voice vote on October 1, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Victor Marrero on?
- Victor Marrero is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Department of State (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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26 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).